I was talking to guy who installs the Viper system. I'd like a glass breakage alarm, but I'm a bit worried about complicating the electronics, battery drain, malfunctions, non-factory remote...
step dad had the viper on his 05. his truck got broke into in the middle of town in the middle of the day. alarm never sounded. he came out of the store 15 minutes after goin in and his $2k radio was gone. malfuction with the viper system.
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2005 F-150 lariat 4x4
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I haven't been able to find a good place where they objectively review alarms. i don't think Consumer reports ever has. I have found random comments by people complaining about them, though.
The alarm that came on my '97 F-150 functioned flawlessly and saved me from thieves a few times, and it used the original ford remote, but i don't even know what kind it was.
I really like my ford alarm/remote start.....works well...goes off when it should....
Is that the one that came with it, forget the name, the one they gave me the hard sell on , along with the extended warranty, kept reducing the price from $950 down to $300 or something?
I had the dealer put a remote start and an alarm system on my 2009 F150. He said it would cost me $300. extra. To make a long story short i got the Ford remote start and a more expensive alarm for $300 with a lifetime warranty on the alarm system because i insisted everything be on one fob at the beginning of the negotiations for the truck. So i got almost a grand worth for $300. Alarm $549, remote start $449.
I thought I would need an alarm system so I got this viper system installed in my car but I don't think I actually need it. I think just having the little blue light on the dash from the system is a deterrent enough.
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